Minnesota's Wald rink wins 2012 Club Nationals title

Two-time junior champion Aaron Wald of Minnesota led his team to a gold-medal victory over Seattle's Doug Kauffman tonight at the Mankato Curling Club as the 2012 USA Curling Club National Championships came to a close in Mankato, Minn.

Wald's Bemidji Curling Club teammates Trevor Andrews, Josh Bahr and Atticus Wallace (all of Bemidji, Minn.) earned the 9-5 win and their first Club Nationals title. This is Minnesota's fifth overall win and third straight at this event, which began in 2005. Greg Wilson's team from Illinois had to go to an extra end to defeat Roger Smith's North Dakota squad, 9-8, for the bronze medal.

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